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Aditya Gupta 865d128cab powerpc: update ppc_save_regs to save current r1 in pt_regs 
[ Upstream commit b684c09f09 ]

ppc_save_regs() skips one stack frame while saving the CPU register states.
Instead of saving current R1, it pulls the previous stack frame pointer.

When vmcores caused by direct panic call (such as `echo c >
/proc/sysrq-trigger`), are debugged with gdb, gdb fails to show the
backtrace correctly. On further analysis, it was found that it was because
of mismatch between r1 and NIP.

GDB uses NIP to get current function symbol and uses corresponding debug
info of that function to unwind previous frames, but due to the
mismatching r1 and NIP, the unwinding does not work, and it fails to
unwind to the 2nd frame and hence does not show the backtrace.

GDB backtrace with vmcore of kernel without this patch:

---------
(gdb) bt
 #0  0xc0000000002a53e8 in crash_setup_regs (oldregs=<optimized out>,
    newregs=0xc000000004f8f8d8) at ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h:69
 #1  __crash_kexec (regs=<optimized out>) at kernel/kexec_core.c:974
 #2  0x0000000000000063 in ?? ()
 #3  0xc000000003579320 in ?? ()
---------

Further analysis revealed that the mismatch occurred because
"ppc_save_regs" was saving the previous stack's SP instead of the current
r1. This patch fixes this by storing current r1 in the saved pt_regs.

GDB backtrace with vmcore of patched kernel:

--------
(gdb) bt
 #0  0xc0000000002a53e8 in crash_setup_regs (oldregs=0x0, newregs=0xc00000000670b8d8)
    at ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h:69
 #1  __crash_kexec (regs=regs@entry=0x0) at kernel/kexec_core.c:974
 #2  0xc000000000168918 in panic (fmt=fmt@entry=0xc000000001654a60 "sysrq triggered crash\n")
    at kernel/panic.c:358
 #3  0xc000000000b735f8 in sysrq_handle_crash (key=<optimized out>) at drivers/tty/sysrq.c:155
 #4  0xc000000000b742cc in __handle_sysrq (key=key@entry=99, check_mask=check_mask@entry=false)
    at drivers/tty/sysrq.c:602
 #5  0xc000000000b7506c in write_sysrq_trigger (file=<optimized out>, buf=<optimized out>,
    count=2, ppos=<optimized out>) at drivers/tty/sysrq.c:1163
 #6  0xc00000000069a7bc in pde_write (ppos=<optimized out>, count=<optimized out>,
    buf=<optimized out>, file=<optimized out>, pde=0xc00000000362cb40) at fs/proc/inode.c:340
 #7  proc_reg_write (file=<optimized out>, buf=<optimized out>, count=<optimized out>,
    ppos=<optimized out>) at fs/proc/inode.c:352
 #8  0xc0000000005b3bbc in vfs_write (file=file@entry=0xc000000006aa6b00,
    buf=buf@entry=0x61f498b4f60 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x61f498b4f60>,
    count=count@entry=2, pos=pos@entry=0xc00000000670bda0) at fs/read_write.c:582
 #9  0xc0000000005b4264 in ksys_write (fd=<optimized out>,
    buf=0x61f498b4f60 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x61f498b4f60>, count=2)
    at fs/read_write.c:637
 #10 0xc00000000002ea2c in system_call_exception (regs=0xc00000000670be80, r0=<optimized out>)
    at arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c:171
 #11 0xc00000000000c270 in system_call_vectored_common ()
    at arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S:192
--------

Nick adds:
  So this now saves regs as though it was an interrupt taken in the
  caller, at the instruction after the call to ppc_save_regs, whereas
  previously the NIP was there, but R1 came from the caller's caller and
  that mismatch is what causes gdb's dwarf unwinder to go haywire.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Gupta <adityag@linux.ibm.com>
Fixes: d16a58f885 ("powerpc: Improve ppc_save_regs()")
Reivewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20230615091047.90433-1-adityag@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2023-07-19 16:21:39 +02:00
arch powerpc: update ppc_save_regs to save current r1 in pt_regs 2023-07-19 16:21:39 +02:00
block block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage 2023-07-19 16:20:58 +02:00
certs certs: Fix build error when PKCS#11 URI contains semicolon 2023-02-09 11:28:11 +01:00
crypto KEYS: asymmetric: Copy sig and digest in public_key_verify_signature() 2023-06-09 10:34:28 +02:00
Documentation docs: Set minimal gtags / GNU GLOBAL version to 6.6.5 2023-07-05 18:27:38 +01:00
drivers pinctrl: at91-pio4: check return value of devm_kasprintf() 2023-07-19 16:21:38 +02:00
fs ovl: update of dentry revalidate flags after copy up 2023-07-19 16:21:33 +02:00
include PCI: Add pci_clear_master() stub for non-CONFIG_PCI 2023-07-19 16:21:36 +02:00
init gcc: disable '-Warray-bounds' for gcc-13 too 2023-04-26 14:28:43 +02:00
io_uring io_uring/net: use the correct msghdr union member in io_sendmsg_copy_hdr 2023-06-28 11:12:33 +02:00
ipc ipc: fix memory leak in init_mqueue_fs() 2022-12-31 13:32:01 +01:00
kernel kcsan: Don't expect 64 bits atomic builtins from 32 bits architectures 2023-07-19 16:21:37 +02:00
lib lib/ts_bm: reset initial match offset for every block of text 2023-07-19 16:21:13 +02:00
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mm mm: call arch_swap_restore() from do_swap_page() 2023-07-19 16:21:16 +02:00
net netlink: Add __sock_i_ino() for __netlink_diag_dump(). 2023-07-19 16:21:13 +02:00
rust rust: kernel: Mark rust_fmt_argument as extern "C" 2023-04-26 14:28:38 +02:00
samples samples/bpf: xdp1 and xdp2 reduce XDPBUFSIZE to 60 2023-07-19 16:21:07 +02:00
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security ima: Fix build warnings 2023-07-19 16:21:03 +02:00
sound ASoC: amd: acp: clear pdm dma interrupt mask 2023-07-19 16:21:34 +02:00
tools perf tool x86: Fix perf_env memory leak 2023-07-19 16:21:38 +02:00
usr usr/gen_init_cpio.c: remove unnecessary -1 values from int file 2022-10-03 14:21:44 -07:00
virt KVM: Avoid illegal stage2 mapping on invalid memory slot 2023-06-28 11:12:23 +02:00
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MAINTAINERS smb: move client and server files to common directory fs/smb 2023-06-28 11:12:40 +02:00
Makefile Linux 6.1.38 2023-07-05 18:27:38 +01:00
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